Do you know why we do this when we hug?
Have you ever thought about what happens inside you when you hug someone?
Let's take a look at some of the most amazing physical miracles that happen to our bodies because of hugs.
1. Increase the intimacy of your partner.
Hugging causes the brain to release oxytocin, which connects us with our partners. When we share each other's feelings through hugs, the release of this hormone will lead to an increase in commitment and intimacy. Try to hug your partner and feel the bond between you strengthen!
Relax your body.
Hugging can relax our muscles and release the tension of the body. Hug a person and wash away the troubles of the day!
Relieve pain
Hugging releases endorphins, which relieve pain by blocking pain paths and increasing soft tissue circulation. This can remove peptides that stimulate pain, such as bradykinin. When you are in pain, reach out and hug!
4. Increase empathy and understanding
A warm hug, let us exchange feelings in the field of biological energy generated in our hearts, let us have a * * * sound with others. This builds trust between people, which language can't do. When you want to open your heart to someone, hug him!
5. Relieve depression and neurodegenerative diseases
Hugging can increase dopamine production in the brain, which can be seen in positron emission tomography (PET) of the brain. The level of dopamine in patients with emotional disorders such as Parkinson's syndrome and depression is low. So, if you see someone depressed, give him a hug and bring a little happiness to their life.
Raise your mood
Hugging can increase the production of serotonin in the brain, which can improve your mood and enhance your self-esteem. When the serotonin level is low, a person will experience depression and loneliness. Hugging makes the brain release serotonin and endorphins into blood vessels, creating happiness and eliminating sadness. Hugging can also improve performance at work and school. If your partner is depressed, hug them!
7. Balance the nervous system
Hugging can balance the nervous system. The skin contains a network of tiny egg-shaped pressure sensors, called Panician corpuscles, which communicate with the brain through the vagus nerve. They can feel touch. The current response measured from the person who received the hug showed a significant change in skin conductance. The effect of water and electricity on the skin during hugging is manifested in the balance of parasympathetic nerves in the nervous system, which is achieved through the psychological and physiological consistency produced by warm hugging.
8. Reduce stress
Hugging relieves stress by lowering the level of circulating cortisol (stress hormone) in the blood. This can calm the mind. This helps to reduce cortisol-induced hyperglycemia and diabetes. Studies have shown that babies who hug well are less stressed than adults who hug less. This study found an amazing connection between touching and relieving stress. Give your partner a warm hug when he comes home from work!
9. Improve heart health and lower heart rate.
Hugging lowers the heart rate. In a study conducted by a foreign university, the heart rate of participants who had no contact with their partners increased by 10 times/minute, which was 5 times/minute higher than that of participants who hugged their partners in the experiment. Lowering the heart rate will help lower blood pressure and heart disease.
10. Enhance the immune system
Dr. Sheldon Cohen conducted a study on more than 400 healthy adults and interviewed them about their views on social support. They participated in a two-week night telephone interview. They were asked about the frequency of personal conflicts and hugs that day. The researchers exposed participants to the common cold virus and monitored it to assess the symptoms and signs of infection. They found that people who think they have good social support and hug often have few or no symptoms and signs of infection. However, people who have experienced interpersonal conflicts and people who have little or no hugs show different symptoms and signs of infection. Hugging can reduce stress hormones that inhibit the immune system and increase hormones and peptides that regulate immune cell function. Give your children a hug to keep them healthy and immune!
1 1. Reduce the fear of death
A study published in Psychological Science shows that hugging and touching can reduce the fear of death. The study also found that even hugging an inanimate object like a teddy bear is enough to alleviate the individual's fear of survival. In addition, simply imagine that hugging the person you love the most will make your brain release serotonin, dopamine and endorphins, thus producing a feeling of happiness and joy. This will also eliminate the fear of death by lowering the level of stress hormones, changing the perception of the brain and arousing positive emotions.
In short, hugs can make us confident and kind. It helps to strengthen our connection and open the door to our hearts. It helps to build trust between people and let us open our hearts. Hugging will bring us great changes; It will trigger the release of a large number of new urinary hormones in the body, thus calming our brains. These neurohormones will bring us happiness and relieve our sadness, tension and anxiety. Hugging relieves pain and brings ecstasy.
Hug therapy is undoubtedly a powerful therapy. Research shows that hugging (or laughing) is very effective in treating diseases, diseases, loneliness, depression, anxiety and stress.
Studies have shown that a proper deep hug and close connection with the soul can benefit you in the following aspects:
1. Embrace and cultivate trust and security. This is conducive to open and honest communication.
2. Hugging can immediately raise oxytocin levels and cure feelings of loneliness, loneliness and anger.
3. Hugging for a long time will raise a person's serotonin level, improve mood and create happiness.
4. Embrace strengthening the immune system. The gentle pressure on the sternum and this emotional impulse inspired the meridian chakra of the sun god. Stimulate the thymus, it regulates and balances the production of white blood cells in the body, making you healthy and disease-free.
5. Hugging enhances self-esteem. From the moment we are born, the touch of our family will tell us that we are loved and special.
6. Hug and relax your muscles. Hugging can relax the nervous body. Hugs can take away pain; They relieve pain by increasing blood circulation in soft tissues.
7. Balance the nervous system. The skin reaction of people who accept and hug is the change of skin conductance. The effect on skin moisture and electricity shows that the nervous system is more balanced-parasympathetic nerve.
8. Hugging teaches us how to give and receive. The value of receiving and receiving warmth is the same, as for giving and sharing. Hugs teach us how love flows.
9. Hugging is much like meditation and laughter. They taught us to let go and live in the present. They encourage us to flow with the energy of life.
10. The energy exchange between hugging people is an investment in the relationship. It encourages sympathy and understanding.
China people are ashamed to express their feelings with hugs. Don't you know that hugging has many benefits!
(1) Closes interpersonal relationship, a seemingly simple hug can give people the most sincere warmth;
(2) Hugging can relax and reduce fear, especially when you are lonely. A silent hug is worth a thousand words.
(3) meet spiritual needs. A hug can drive away countless pains and make people get out of the haze quickly;
(4) Hugging can bring happiness and give people the most effective comfort;
(5) Hugging can balance blood pressure and is beneficial to the normal beating of the heart.